That Arm - Your Country Needs It – Historic Reproduction
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That Arm - Your Country Needs It comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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That Arm - Your Country Needs It
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The phrase "That Arm" points to a pitcher's arm, asking that a ballplayer's skill be put to national service instead of the ballpark. The poster is one of a numbered series from the Wentworth Institute, a Boston trade school, and dates to around 1918, when the United States was fighting in Europe. That summer the War Department ordered men in non-essential jobs, including professional ballplayers, to take up war work or enlist, which pressured the baseball season. Posters like this one tied sport, labor and the fighting overseas together in a single appeal.
| Created / published | c. 1918 |
|---|---|
| Notes | Wentworth Institute Poster No. 2. c. 1918 |
| Original scan | 777 × 1,200 px · prints to 3 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 53 |
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